The FOC also supports the arts, design and film-making and promotes the concerns of linguistic and cultural minorities.

It is the contact point for queries regarding looted art and the transfer of cultural goods.

The Swiss Federal Archives are charged with evaluating, safeguarding, cataloguing and raising public awareness of the Confederation’s official documents, which amount to 11.4 terabytes of information as of 2008, or to a bookshelf over 50 kilometres long.

The inventory includes original documents such as the Swiss Constitution, deeds, photos, films, recordings and databases.

It gives information on the dangers to disaster protection units, the media and the general public.

MeteoSwiss also operates telemetry ground stations, rainfall radars and remote sensing instruments at over 700 locations.

It seeks to increase awareness of health-related matters so that people can take responsibility for their own health.

The FOPH is charged with tackling issues such as epidemiology and infectious diseases, substance abuse and drug prevention, food safety, noise and radiation protection, assessment and monitoring of chemicals and toxic products, stem cell research and bioterrorism, and health and accident insurance.

The FSIO is charged with ensuring the reliability of this social insurance system within its areas of responsibility: old age and survivors’ insurance (AHV), invalidity insurance (IV), supplementary benefits, occupational pension funds, compensation for loss of earnings for people on national service and women on maternity leave, and family allowances in the agricultural sector.

[7] It is responsible for ensuring food safety "from the stable to the plate", as well as protecting animal health and welfare.

The Swiss National Library’s task is to collect, preserve, catalogue and make available all printed and electronic publications relating to Switzerland.

Independent decision-making commission ensuring "the application of consistent supervisory practices within the occupational benefits system" and overseeing "the eight regional authorities responsible for direct supervision".